GW News: SKAVEN VICTORY! #NewAoS

yup my store manager uses this model as a butcher lots of fun

 

he/she/it immeadiatly makes you into a pie after killing you obviously.

 

A look at the actuall SC stf box. Seems like indeed the chaos lord's mount is the new beast and they simply failed to proofread their previous post.

Also, the old models aren't phased out, so that's a thing.

 

well you get 6 more models for the same price if your willing to run old warriors so a neet bargain option

 

yeah, and it still has the chariots if you want those. So it has a place I guess.

 

...and ruins. (Someone needed to FTFY. )

 

Hold tight. I have plans for a sigmarite cathedral

 

I have been trying really hard NOT to start another AoS army. I'm trying not to let StD temp me into being my third (fourth?) army, but I know where I can get that older SC box with the 5 knights and the 2 chariots...

Assuming someone else hasn't beaten me to it, of course...

 

Some of the very old Chaos Dwarfs are coming next week, with the old Blood Bowl team being put up for Made to Order:


Some proper Chaos Dwarfs for a change @NIGHTBRINGER!

 

Are you saying that the Legion of Azgorh Forge World models don't count?

 

An off-topic question for @Lord Agragax of Lunaxoatl . With you being our resident Dwarf fan, how would your rate the following Dwarfs from best to worst:

• Legion of Azgorh / Chaos Dwarfs (you can separate these two if you like or keep them together as one choice)
• Classic WFB Dwarfs (8th edition)
• Kharadron Overlords
• Fyreslayers

 

You are missing regular dwarfs/dispossessed

 

I listed those as Classic WFB Dwarfs

 

No, I was referring to the Blood Bowl team as proper Chaos Dwarfs as opposed to the two plastic ones in Warcry (the one with the Christmas tree helmet that is in the Iron Golems box and the one that is to arrive in the upcoming Spire Tyrants box).

I’d say I would order them in the following list:

1. Classic Warhammer Fantasy Dwarfs (they were what got me into Warhammer in the first place)
2. Fyreslayers (they combine the aesthetic of the Slayers with a culture very similar to the Warhammer Fantasy Dwarfs. Not as outright original as Kharadron, but they are much closer in playstyle and lore to the Dwarfs of old)
3. Kharadron (They are similarly awesome and I really like the new take on them, but their airships are pretty expensive models and the fact that lorewise they are more like Ferengi in Dwarfs’ clothing than actual Dwarfs means personally I would rather play Fyreslayers if I had to pick one to collect for AoS. I still think they are great though)
4. Legion of Azgorh/Chaos Dwarfs (I’m not saying I dislike Chaos Dwarfs. On the contrary, I think they are a really interesting faction, a lot more so personally than Warriors or Daemons of Chaos, and I really like their Persian aesthetics, but the main reason I like them less than the other Dwarf factions is because they have had such little support ever since GW first created them - even in 4th Edition their army book was produced in a White Dwarf rather than put on sale as a mainstream army book, and while the newer Legion of Azgorh ones do look great, the fact they are Forge World does put me off due to an army of them being potentially heavier on the price tag than even Kharadron with all their airships. If GW produced a plastic army of them for Warhammer: The Old World, I would be really tempted to add them to my collection to give me 3 good armies and 3 evil armies).

 

Had to go have a closer look at the Chaos Dwarfs, yeah even from me I enjoy their looks but I agree on those Forgeworld price tags, especially to get 2000 points going. Well it's like it with all Forgeworld exclusive armies.
And I noticed the Warpfire Dragon and Basilisk is no longer available. Probably the mould needs redoing or something, similar scenario with the Magma Dragon maybe?

 

It still amuses me morbidly that the Imperial Guard regiment that's all about human waves is almost exclusively a Forge World purchase.

 

Here goes my list... which was already ordered...

1. Legion of Azgorh / Chaos Dwarfs - SURPRISE! Everything is a bit better with a little Chaos taint. I love the entire range of Forge World CD models, except maybe the Fireborn, which are only okay (although to be fair I've never seen them in person). I like the fact that they have many elements of the standard Dwarfs but can wield magic (my favourite phase in WFB) and have some big fast moving monsters and monstrous beasts/infantry. They do lack the awesome runic items of traditional Dwarfs, but they can't have everything. They are of course on the smallish side and would really benefit from a couple of new units....maybe in TOW.
2. Classic WFB Dwarfs (8th edition) - Nice models and great lore. I love the runic system for creating magic items; it seems like it would be great deal of fun during list building. So many options.
3. Kharadron Overlords - My favourite unique AoS army. Doesn't fit within WFB, but is a wonderful addition to AoS (too bad they suck in terms of competitiveness). The steampunk look has really grown on me and the airships are beautiful.
4. Fyreslayers - I've never really been sold on these guys. They seem too similar to one another with the only bit of variation coming in the form of their lone monster (which I'm not a fan of either). I liked Slayers as part of a larger Dwarf army, but I think this army on its own desperately needs something else to give it a bit more variety.